Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Hot on the heels of Oehms’s excellent new Die Frau ohne Schatten (12/15), here comes another Strauss opera on (audio-only)...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2016
In Homer, it is Circe who warns Odysseus of the perils of steering his ship between two rocks: one the...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2016
Triumphantly premiered in Paris in 1779, Iphigénie en Tauride is Gluck’s supreme masterpiece and the culmination of his efforts to...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2016
Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse, to a libretto by the prolific Charles-Simon Favart, was staged at the Paris Opera in...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2016
This recital devoted to Attilio Ariosti (1666-1729) offers an indispensable chance to broaden our appreciation of Italian opera in early...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 02/2016
We have Pablo Casals most to thank for the cello’s renaissance as a solo instrument in the first half of...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2016
Bruno Monsaingeon’s reputation precedes him. With films such as The Enigma and Unquiet Traveller he has revealed much about artists...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2016
Richard Pinel’s recital celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Harrison & Harrison organ in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. It also...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2016
In 2007 pianist and new music champion Anthony de Mare launched the Liasons Project, for which a wide stylistic and...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2016
Widor’s 10 organ symphonies have been served well recently. There are splendid complete sets from Joseph Nolan (Signum; five discs,...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2016
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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